Arsenic concentration in water and bovine milk in Cordoba, Argentina. Preliminary results

The Chaco Pampean Plain of central Argentina constitutes one of the largest regions of high arsenic (As) groundwaters known, covering around 1r106 km2 (Smedley & Kinniburg, 2002; Farı´as et al. 2004). The high-As groundwaters are from Quaternary deposits of loess (mainly silt) with intermixed rh...

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Autores: Pérez Carrera, Alejo Leopoldo, Fernandez Cirelli, Alicia
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2005
País:Argentina
Recursos:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/132117
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/132117
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:BIOTRANSFER FACTORS
CHACO PAMPEAN PLAIN
HIGH-AS LIVESTOCK DRINKING WATER
MILK AS CONTENT
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Resumo:The Chaco Pampean Plain of central Argentina constitutes one of the largest regions of high arsenic (As) groundwaters known, covering around 1r106 km2 (Smedley & Kinniburg, 2002; Farı´as et al. 2004). The high-As groundwaters are from Quaternary deposits of loess (mainly silt) with intermixed rhyolitic or dacitic volcanic ash (Nicolli et al. 1989, Smedley et al. 1998, 2002). Early in the last century an endemic disease due to contamination of drinking water with arsenic was recognised. This disease is called HACRE (Hidroarsenicismo Crónico Regional Endémico, Chronic Endemic Regional Hydroarsenism) and is connected with a particular type of skin cancer (Astolfi et al. 1981)